Australian Army Artillery Museum

Australian Army Artillery Museum
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Location	Sydney, Australia
Coordinates	33°29′38″S 151°10′29″E / 33.494°S 151.1746°E / -33.494; 151.1746

The Australian Army Artillery Museum was an artillery museum located in North Fort, on the northern head of the entrance to Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, Australia.

It was formerly called the "National Artillery Museum", and had a large collection of the heritage and history of the Royal Australian Artillery. It was administered by the Army History Unit^[1] (AHU) with the assistance of volunteer members of the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company^[2](RAAHC).

Collections

The museum displayed more than 50 guns and mortars and associated equipment, numerous paintings, displays, memorials, and medals. The Library has over 2,500 photographs, about 4,000 technical and historical books, and unique research material.

The collections covered the period from the first European Settlement (1788) to very recent operations.

Facilities

The museum grounds include shaded picnic areas with barbequeues, a Harbour Lookout Area (the Observation Platform), World War II fortifications and tunnels (listed in the Australian Commonwealth National Heritage list),^[3] and a Café that has extraordinary views of the entrance to Sydney Harbour and the channels to Bradley's Head, and Sydney CBD.

Closure

As of 19 December 2010 the museum has been closed, the collection will be initially moved into storage at Bandiana, moving eventually to a new army museum facility to be built at Puckapunyal. The move resulted from incompatible objectives of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust as owner of the site, and the Army History Unit, responsible for the collection.^[4]

References

External links

• "Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company"